#49A5E2#49A5E2

#49A5E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.125 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5E2
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 226)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 27%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -8.19, -38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 39.62, 258.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0606 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.125 241)
XYZ	xyz(29.9250, 33.8145, 76.8865)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5E2 #E28649

analogous

#49E2D3 #49A5E2 #4958E2

triadic

#49A5E2 #E249A5 #A5E249

tetradic

#49A5E2 #D349E2 #E28649 #58E249

square

#49A5E2 #D349E2 #E28649 #58E249

split-complementary

#49A5E2 #E24958 #E2D349

monochromatic

#186598 #2188CD #49A5E2 #7EBFEA #B3D9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#49A5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#49A5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5E2

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5E2	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7497E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.125 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfeb',
    500: '#49a5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5e2;
$custom-light: #8cbfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.922,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69264,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.33818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5E2

secondary

#E2BDA5

accent

#8139EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5E2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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